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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kintone

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AKintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.

    $120

    per month for 5 users (minimum)

    Microsoft BI (MSBI)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft BI is a business intelligence product used for data analysis and generating reports on server-based data. It features unlimited data analysis capacity with its reporting engine, SQL Server Reporting Services alongside ETL, master data management, and data cleansing.

    $14

    per month per user

    Pricing
    KintoneMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Editions & Modules
    Professional Subscription
    $24
    per month per user
    Power BI Pro
    $14
    per month per user
    Power BI Premium
    $24
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KintoneMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMinimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.—
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    Community Pulse
    KintoneMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Considered Both Products
    Kintone
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    KintoneMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management9.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Case management9.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Task management9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.0
    53 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.546 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.653 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.951 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    53 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.253 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.342 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.953 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    52 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.348 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.148 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.444 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.547 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.426 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.7
    52 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.651 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.748 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.745 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    9.3
    53 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.449 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.347 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.949 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.431 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.0
    42 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.239 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.739 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Kintone and Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft BI (MSBI)
    8.5
    24 Ratings
    9% above category average
    REST API00 Ratings9.221 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings8.821 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings8.820 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings8.718 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KintoneMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    8.9
    (77 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (16 ratings)
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (46 ratings)
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (43 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KintoneMicrosoft BI (MSBI)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kintone
    I recommend Kintone for companies that need the ability to customize standalone applications or to provide a 'hub' to employees as a jumping-off point. I also recommend Kintone for any company that is drowning in spreadsheets, or is using 10 apps for 10 different purposes - you can consolidate everything into one place. Kintone, I think, needs a larger team for customization as your company grows. If you are a small office of 20 people, using it out of the box will likely be just fine for your needs. If you're working with 200 people out of an office, it'd likely be good to have someone with a bit of CSS, Java, and API experience in order to maximize what you get out of it - though you won't need that if you're keeping it simple.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI has a lot of features and is a very powerful tool, especially if you have folks on your team that know how to utilize all of its capabilities. To truly unlock all that it can do, it does require people to have a deep understanding of its capabilities. That's where the software really shines. If you are looking for a simpler, more basic reporting tool, there are other programs available that do not require such a steep learning curve.
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    Pros
    Kintone
    • Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects.
    • Ease of use. The interface is intuitive.
    • Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours.
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    Microsoft
    • Comparatively easy to use compared to other data analytics solutions, collaborating with other colleagues on data work is simple.
    • Using Visual Studio for database, ETL, reporting, and analytics development save time and money.
    • Transfer of data from one application to another via Excel and comparison of data attributes between applications
    • Dashboard functionality, as well as Python support, are available, allowing you to add additional charts and graphs.
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    Cons
    Kintone
    • Sometimes it's a little challenging to know which fields to enter and where. There is a little bit of a learning curve with creating your own apps.
    • More visuals would be great! I love seeing the data visually, and so does my board.
    • That's all I can think of - I really do enjoy the program.
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    Microsoft
    • MSBI designs can work on increasing data processing capabilities enough to handle the huge datasets etc.
    • It would be a lot better if it is a little low on cost.
    • it needs to create opportunities little more than they do regarding customization of some very unique visualization effects
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kintone
    We have been quite happy with our use of Kintone thus far. We looked at several options before choosing Kintone and believe it had the best value and best features, while allowing for complete customization, rather than being locked into preformatted apps that may not address exactly what we need or be more than what we need.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft BI is fundamental to our suite of BI applications. That being said, Northcraft Analytics is focused on delighting our customers, so if the underlying factors of our decision change, we would choose to re-write our BI applications on a different stack. Luckily, mathematics are the fundamental IP of our technology... and is portable across all BI platforms for the foreseeable future.
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    Usability
    Kintone
    I love everything bout it. I love that if there is something I don't feel is working well enough, we are able to change it. The ONLY thing I would say is that if you were able to make it so every time I click on anything in the website/app it stayed in the same page, that would be great, but I don' think it is possible and I think this is due to using so many external APIs
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    Microsoft
    The Microsoft BI tools have great usability for both developers and end users alike. For developers familiar with Visual Studio, there is little learning curve. For those not, the single Visual Studio IDE means not having to learn separate tools for each component. For end-users, the web interface for SSRS is simple to navigate with intuitive controls. For ad-hoc analysis, Excel can connect directly to SSAS and provide a pivot table like experience which is familiar to many users. For database development, there is beginning to be some confusion, as there are now three tool choices (VS, SSMS, Azure Data Studio) for developers. I would like to see Azure Data Studio become the superset of SSMS and eventually supplant it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kintone
    Never had an issue with this.
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    Microsoft
    The product has been reliable.
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    Performance
    Kintone
    Pages load quickly, no issues with response time
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    Microsoft
    SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) can drag at times. We created two report servers and placed them under an F5 load balancer. This configuration has worked well. We have seen sluggish performance at times due to the Windows Firewall.
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    Support Rating
    Kintone
    I am very happy with Kintone and support it fully. I think that it is a great place for any company that wants to create a platform for better management. It is easy to use and pretty affordable. It is straightforward and has many tools that can be used by anyone. There are many helpful tutorials available too to guide users
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    Microsoft
    MSBI natively has a site that allows you to vote on user enhancements and bug fixes. This allows the largest nagging issues to float to the top and the development team can prioritize accordingly. As mentioned earlier, the large community base of MSBI developers assist technical resources in handling technical questions.
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    In-Person Training
    Kintone
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    This training was more directed toward what the product was capable of rather than actual programming.
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    Online Training
    Kintone
    The training was seamless and easy to follow
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    Microsoft
    I have used on-line training from Microsoft and from Pragmatic Works. I would recommend Pragmatic Works as the best way to get up to speed quickly, and then use the Microsoft on-line training to deep dive into specific features that you need to get depth with.
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    Implementation Rating
    Kintone
    Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects.
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    Microsoft
    We are a consulting firm and as such our best resources are always billing on client projects. Our internal implementation has weaknesses, but that's true for any company like ours. My rating is based on the product's ease of implementation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kintone
    Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much.
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    Microsoft
    We have used the built in ConnectWise Manager reports and custom reports. The reports provide static data. PowerBI shows us live data we can drill down into and easily adjust parameters. It's much more useful than a static PDF report.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kintone
    Should be multiple pricing packages.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Kintone
    I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Kintone
    We have nothing but positive things to say about the kintone professional services we utilized during the install and after we went live.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Kintone
    • It used to take us 15-20 minutes to create a quote for a client. It now takes less than 3.
    • It allows a few of our employees to work remotely, which was essentially impossible prior.
    • We can see raw data for success/failure rates, which we actively use in our employee review process.
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    Microsoft
    • As a SaaS provider we see being able to provide self-service BI to our client users as a competitive advantage. In fact the MSSQL enabled BI is a contributing factor to many winning RFPs we have done for prospective client organisations.
    • However MSSQL BI requires extensive knowledge and skills to design and develop data warehouses & data models as a foundation to support business analysts and users to interrogate data effectively and efficiently. Often times we find having strong in-house MSSQL expertise is a bless.
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    Kintone Screenshots

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